-: Difficult "WORDS" and their MEANINGS":-
38. Lease: to make a legal agreement by which money is paid in order to use land, a building, a vehicle or a piece of equipment for an agreed period of time
39. Mortgage: an agreement which allows you to borrow money from a bank or
Similar organization, especially in order to buy a house or apartment,
Or the amount of money itself
40. Heir: a person who will legally receive money, property or a title from
another person, especially an older member of the same family, when
That other person die/ someone who continues to do the work of someone
Important who has died or who has the same symbolic position
41. Mandate: to give official permission for something to happen, the name of
An Area of land which has been given to a country by the UN/
To orders someone to do something
42. Avalanches: the sudden arrival of too many things / a large amount of ice,
Snow and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain
43. Expatriates: someone who does not live in their own country
44. Confrontation: a fight or argument
45. Legacy: something that is a part of your history or which stays from an
Earlier time/ money or property that you receive from someone
After they die
46. Assail: to attack someone violently or criticize someone strongly
47. Clans: a person's relatives/ a group of families, especially in Scotland/group
With a strong common interest
48. Sanguine: positive and hopeful/ confident
49. APEX: ABBREVIATION FOR Advance Purchase Excursion: a system of
cheap travel tickets which must be bought a particular number of days
before traveling
50. Heist: a crime in which valuable items are taken illegally and often violently
From a place or person
51. Commuters: someone who regularly travels between work and home
52. Corrigendum: error to be corrected
53. Slate: criticize
54. Axe: reduce
55. Breach :( OPENING) to make an opening in a wall or fence, especially in
Order to attack someone or something behind it/an act of breaking a
Law, promise, agreement or relationship
56. Recession: a period when the economy of a country is not successful and
Conditions for business are bad
57. Surcharge: a charge in addition to the usual amount paid for something, or
The amount already paid
58. plunge: a) to (cause someone or something to) move or fall suddenly and often a long way forward, down or into something/ b) a sudden and large fall in value or level/ c) to make a decision to do something, especially after thinking about it for a long time/ d) to suddenly experience a bad situation e.g. The country was plunged into recession/ e) to suddenly start doing something actively or enthusiastically e.g. Two months before his exams, he suddenly plunged into his studies
59. Woe: great problems or troubles
60. Lacklustre: lacking energy and effort e.g. Britain's number-one tennis player gave a disappointingly lacklustre performance
61. Holocaust: a very large amount of destruction, especially by fire or heat, or the killing of very large numbers of people e.g. a nuclear holocaust
62. Retrospect: in retrospect, thinking now about something in the past.
63. Bourgeois: belonging to or typical of the middle class
64. Errant: behaving wrongly in some way, especially by leaving home e.g. an errant husband, errant children
65. erratic: irregular, uncertain or without organization in movement or behavior e.g. She can be very erratic, one day she is friendly and the next she'll hardly speak to you.
66. Fiscal: connected with (public) money/ public revenue
67. Grapple: to fight, especially in order to gain something e.g. the children grappled for the ball / to hold onto someone and fight with them e.g. two officers grappled with the gunman
68. Ninepins: go down/fall like ninepins to fall, break or be damaged in large numbers e.g. Trees were going down like ninepins in the strong wind.
69. Scam: an illegal plan for making money/ fraud.
70. Trepidation: fear or anxiety about what is going to happen e.g. we view future developments with some trepidation
71. Illicit: illegal or disapproved of by society e.g. illicit drugs such as cocaine and cannabis, illicit love affairs
72. Rile: to make angry e.g. don’t let her rile you
73. Oust: to force someone to leave a position of power, job, place or competition e.g. the president was ousted (from power) in a military coup in January 1987, Police are trying to oust drug dealers from the city centre
74. Maoism: the type of Communism introduced in China by Mao Zedong
75. Carnage: the violent killing of large numbers of people, especially in war e.g. The Battle of the Somme was a scene of dreadful carnage.
76. Nostalgia: a feeling of pleasure and sometimes slight sadness at the same time as you thinks about things that happened in the past e.g. some people feel nostalgia for their schooldays / homesickness
77. Swift (QUICK): happening or moving quickly or within a short time, especially in a smooth and easy way e.g. Thank you for your swift reply.
78. Myth: an ancient story or set of stories/ not real.
79. Succumb: to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat / to die or suffer badly from an illness e.g. Thousands of cows have succumbed to the disease in the past few months
80. Euphoric: extremely happy and excited
81. Serene: peaceful and calm; troubled by nothing e.g. she has a lovely serene face
82. Surreal: strange; not like reality; like a dream e.g. Driving through the total darkness was a slightly surreal experience
83. Mesoptamian:
84. Snarls: (especially of dogs) to make a deep rough sound while showing the teeth, usually in anger or (of people) to speak or say something angrily and fiercely
85. Ineptitude: not skilled or effective, political/social/economic ineptitude
86. Forbearence: the quality of patience, forgiveness and self-control shown in a difficult situation
87. Resolve: to solve or end a problem or difficulty
88. Snubbed: to insult someone by not giving them any attention or treating them as if they are not important e.g. I think she felt snubbed because Anthony hadn't bothered to introduce himself.
89.Gallop: increasing or developing at a very fast and often uncontrollable rate e.g. galloping inflation / to perform, read or do something very quickly and without enough care e.g. They often gallop through 10 news items in 20 minutes / to move or act quickly e.g. It is the height of folly and a tragic waste to gallop into war.
90. Boos:
91. Contenders: to compete in order to win something e.g. there are three world-class tennis players contending for this title /He's contending against someone with twice his experience
92. Tyranny: government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly and cruelly e.g. this, the president promised us, was a war against tyranny
93. Hound out: to force someone to leave a job or a place:
He claims he was hounded out of his job by a group of students who disapproved of his views.
94. Intimate (PERSONAL): having, or being likely to cause, a very close friendship or personal or sexual relationship e.g. intimate relationships e.g. the restaurant has a very intimate atmosphere.
He's become very intimate with an actress.
95. Bask in: to take pleasure from something that makes you feel good: e.g. He basked in his moment of glory, holding the trophy up to the crowd.
96. Ire: anger e.g. Petty restrictions easily raised/aroused the ire of such a creative artist.
98. Doer: someone who gets actively involved in something, rather than just thinking or talking about it e.g. There are too many thinkers and not enough doers in this office.
99. Repudiate: to refuse to accept something or someone as true, good or reasonable. E.g. He repudiated the allegation/charge/claim that he had tried to deceive them. E.g. utterly repudiate those remarks.
101. Woo: to try to persuade someone to support you or to use your business e.g. the party has been trying to woo the voters with promises of electoral reform.
102. Placate: to stop someone from feeling angry e.g. Outraged minority groups will not be placated by promises of future improvements.
103. Detonate: to (cause something to) explode e.g. the device detonated unexpectedly / A remote control device was used to detonate the bomb.
104. Tycoon: a person who has succeeded in business or industry and has become very wealthy and powerful
105. Rupture: to (cause to) burst, break or tear e.g. His appendix ruptured and he had to be rushed to hospital / this news has ruptured (= violently ended) the delicate peace between the rival groups.
109. Dislodge: to remove something or someone, especially by force, from a fixed position e.g. the earthquake dislodged stones from the walls and the roof
110. Plummet: to fall very quickly and suddenly e.g. House prices have plummeted in recent month
38. Lease: to make a legal agreement by which money is paid in order to use land, a building, a vehicle or a piece of equipment for an agreed period of time
39. Mortgage: an agreement which allows you to borrow money from a bank or
Similar organization, especially in order to buy a house or apartment,
Or the amount of money itself
40. Heir: a person who will legally receive money, property or a title from
another person, especially an older member of the same family, when
That other person die/ someone who continues to do the work of someone
Important who has died or who has the same symbolic position
41. Mandate: to give official permission for something to happen, the name of
An Area of land which has been given to a country by the UN/
To orders someone to do something
42. Avalanches: the sudden arrival of too many things / a large amount of ice,
Snow and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain
43. Expatriates: someone who does not live in their own country
44. Confrontation: a fight or argument
45. Legacy: something that is a part of your history or which stays from an
Earlier time/ money or property that you receive from someone
After they die
46. Assail: to attack someone violently or criticize someone strongly
47. Clans: a person's relatives/ a group of families, especially in Scotland/group
With a strong common interest
48. Sanguine: positive and hopeful/ confident
49. APEX: ABBREVIATION FOR Advance Purchase Excursion: a system of
cheap travel tickets which must be bought a particular number of days
before traveling
50. Heist: a crime in which valuable items are taken illegally and often violently
From a place or person
51. Commuters: someone who regularly travels between work and home
52. Corrigendum: error to be corrected
53. Slate: criticize
54. Axe: reduce
55. Breach :( OPENING) to make an opening in a wall or fence, especially in
Order to attack someone or something behind it/an act of breaking a
Law, promise, agreement or relationship
56. Recession: a period when the economy of a country is not successful and
Conditions for business are bad
57. Surcharge: a charge in addition to the usual amount paid for something, or
The amount already paid
58. plunge: a) to (cause someone or something to) move or fall suddenly and often a long way forward, down or into something/ b) a sudden and large fall in value or level/ c) to make a decision to do something, especially after thinking about it for a long time/ d) to suddenly experience a bad situation e.g. The country was plunged into recession/ e) to suddenly start doing something actively or enthusiastically e.g. Two months before his exams, he suddenly plunged into his studies
59. Woe: great problems or troubles
60. Lacklustre: lacking energy and effort e.g. Britain's number-one tennis player gave a disappointingly lacklustre performance
61. Holocaust: a very large amount of destruction, especially by fire or heat, or the killing of very large numbers of people e.g. a nuclear holocaust
62. Retrospect: in retrospect, thinking now about something in the past.
63. Bourgeois: belonging to or typical of the middle class
64. Errant: behaving wrongly in some way, especially by leaving home e.g. an errant husband, errant children
65. erratic: irregular, uncertain or without organization in movement or behavior e.g. She can be very erratic, one day she is friendly and the next she'll hardly speak to you.
66. Fiscal: connected with (public) money/ public revenue
67. Grapple: to fight, especially in order to gain something e.g. the children grappled for the ball / to hold onto someone and fight with them e.g. two officers grappled with the gunman
68. Ninepins: go down/fall like ninepins to fall, break or be damaged in large numbers e.g. Trees were going down like ninepins in the strong wind.
69. Scam: an illegal plan for making money/ fraud.
70. Trepidation: fear or anxiety about what is going to happen e.g. we view future developments with some trepidation
71. Illicit: illegal or disapproved of by society e.g. illicit drugs such as cocaine and cannabis, illicit love affairs
72. Rile: to make angry e.g. don’t let her rile you
73. Oust: to force someone to leave a position of power, job, place or competition e.g. the president was ousted (from power) in a military coup in January 1987, Police are trying to oust drug dealers from the city centre
74. Maoism: the type of Communism introduced in China by Mao Zedong
75. Carnage: the violent killing of large numbers of people, especially in war e.g. The Battle of the Somme was a scene of dreadful carnage.
76. Nostalgia: a feeling of pleasure and sometimes slight sadness at the same time as you thinks about things that happened in the past e.g. some people feel nostalgia for their schooldays / homesickness
77. Swift (QUICK): happening or moving quickly or within a short time, especially in a smooth and easy way e.g. Thank you for your swift reply.
78. Myth: an ancient story or set of stories/ not real.
79. Succumb: to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat / to die or suffer badly from an illness e.g. Thousands of cows have succumbed to the disease in the past few months
80. Euphoric: extremely happy and excited
81. Serene: peaceful and calm; troubled by nothing e.g. she has a lovely serene face
82. Surreal: strange; not like reality; like a dream e.g. Driving through the total darkness was a slightly surreal experience
83. Mesoptamian:
84. Snarls: (especially of dogs) to make a deep rough sound while showing the teeth, usually in anger or (of people) to speak or say something angrily and fiercely
85. Ineptitude: not skilled or effective, political/social/economic ineptitude
86. Forbearence: the quality of patience, forgiveness and self-control shown in a difficult situation
87. Resolve: to solve or end a problem or difficulty
88. Snubbed: to insult someone by not giving them any attention or treating them as if they are not important e.g. I think she felt snubbed because Anthony hadn't bothered to introduce himself.
89.Gallop: increasing or developing at a very fast and often uncontrollable rate e.g. galloping inflation / to perform, read or do something very quickly and without enough care e.g. They often gallop through 10 news items in 20 minutes / to move or act quickly e.g. It is the height of folly and a tragic waste to gallop into war.
90. Boos:
91. Contenders: to compete in order to win something e.g. there are three world-class tennis players contending for this title /He's contending against someone with twice his experience
92. Tyranny: government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly and cruelly e.g. this, the president promised us, was a war against tyranny
93. Hound out: to force someone to leave a job or a place:
He claims he was hounded out of his job by a group of students who disapproved of his views.
94. Intimate (PERSONAL): having, or being likely to cause, a very close friendship or personal or sexual relationship e.g. intimate relationships e.g. the restaurant has a very intimate atmosphere.
He's become very intimate with an actress.
95. Bask in: to take pleasure from something that makes you feel good: e.g. He basked in his moment of glory, holding the trophy up to the crowd.
96. Ire: anger e.g. Petty restrictions easily raised/aroused the ire of such a creative artist.
98. Doer: someone who gets actively involved in something, rather than just thinking or talking about it e.g. There are too many thinkers and not enough doers in this office.
99. Repudiate: to refuse to accept something or someone as true, good or reasonable. E.g. He repudiated the allegation/charge/claim that he had tried to deceive them. E.g. utterly repudiate those remarks.
101. Woo: to try to persuade someone to support you or to use your business e.g. the party has been trying to woo the voters with promises of electoral reform.
102. Placate: to stop someone from feeling angry e.g. Outraged minority groups will not be placated by promises of future improvements.
103. Detonate: to (cause something to) explode e.g. the device detonated unexpectedly / A remote control device was used to detonate the bomb.
104. Tycoon: a person who has succeeded in business or industry and has become very wealthy and powerful
105. Rupture: to (cause to) burst, break or tear e.g. His appendix ruptured and he had to be rushed to hospital / this news has ruptured (= violently ended) the delicate peace between the rival groups.
109. Dislodge: to remove something or someone, especially by force, from a fixed position e.g. the earthquake dislodged stones from the walls and the roof
110. Plummet: to fall very quickly and suddenly e.g. House prices have plummeted in recent month